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Meeting Minutes <br />Community Center Task Force <br />Meeting March 20, 2012 <br />Date: <br />Members in Laura Hussong, Chair <br />Attendance: Jim Goell, Vice Chair <br />Sophia Ho, Florence <br />Koplow, Lisah <br />Rhodes <br />Meeting Time / Ellen Stone Room, Cary <br />Location Hall <br />Liaisons in Nancy Adler, LWV <br />Attendance: Chris Ammer, FCaryLib <br />Michelle Ciccolo, Planning <br />Jane Trudeau, FCOA <br />Absent: Tim Dugan, Betty Guest: Victoria Buckley, <br />Borghesani Lexington Commission on <br />Disability <br />We were delighted to have Victoria Buckley come to the meeting! We wanted to know how the <br />CC could serve the disabled population. Universal design... such that anyone could access all <br />parts of the place. The message overall is that people with disabilities have the same interests <br />and desires as everyone else, so we need to make sure they can access everything. Improving <br />signage, for example, would help non - English speakers as well as the disabled. <br />People with disabilities, especially those over 22 (when they age out of funded education <br />programs) want sociability and inclusion, and to feel welcome when they go someplace. <br />Veterans attend our programs and those at the Bedford VA. <br />Victoria mentioned that the percentage of people with disabilities in Lexington could be as high <br />as 20 %! There might be a way to link up with the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission to <br />offer job and schooling help at the community center. She thought interest would begin <br />intergenerational bridging programs. We should bring our survey to Douglas Home when we <br />have it ready . <br />After Victoria, Michelle and Lisah presented their work on comparable communities. They <br />currently have about 40 towns on the list and they want to pare it to 10 -15 . There are ways to do <br />but they aren't sure yet which data items to exclude. The next step for them is to decide which <br />factors are the most important so we can get to a list with only 10 -15 comparable towns. <br />Michelle suggested that when we get the list that we submit it to the Board of Selectmen to have <br />them give it an ok. <br />We ran out of time to discuss the questions and will take them up at a meeting, on 3/29. <br />The committee voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the February 29, 2012 meeting. <br />The meeting adjourned at 9 : 3 0pm. Respectfully submitted, Laura Hussong <br />